Restaurants, Hotels, Hospitals Alerted to Egg Product Recall Due to Undeclared AllergenRestaurants, Hotels, Hospitals Alerted to Egg Product Recall Due to Undeclared Allergen Issue: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) has issued a recall alert for a liquid egg product containing an unlabeled allergen. Affected Product: Fair Meadow Foundations Whole Eggs with Citric Acid, 32-ounce cartons with a best by date of September 16, 2024, lot code 4162G and establishment number “EST. G1455” on the USDA inspection mark. Reason for Recall: The product contains milk, a known allergen, which is not listed on the label. Affected Locations: Restaurants, hotels, hospitals, and other establishments in Alabama, Idaho, Louisiana, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, South Carolina, and Utah. Action Required: Establishments are urged to check their refrigerators and dispose of or return the recalled product. Reported Cases and Symptoms: There have been no confirmed reports of adverse reactions to date. Additional Information: The recall was initiated due to a production error where the unlabeled Whole Egg with Citric Acid cartons were used to package Breakfast Blend Scrambled Egg, which does list milk as an ingredient. Contact Information: For questions about the recall, contact Kristina Larsen, Director of Customer Service at Michael Foods Inc.: * Phone: 952-258-4903 * Email: [email protected] Stay Informed: For more information and updates, check the FSIS website: * https://www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls-alerts/fair-meadow-foundations-whole-eggs-citric-acid-recalled-undeclared-allergen
Restaurants, hotels, hospitals and other establishments must check their refrigerators for the presence of a liquid egg product containing an unlabeled allergen, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Safety Inspection Service (FSIS).
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A Minnesota company is recalling 4,500 pounds of liquid egg products because they were mislabeled and contained an undeclared allergen.
MG Waldbaum Co. of Gaylord, Minn., doing business as Michael Foods Inc., is recalling about 4,620 pounds of Fair Meadow Foundations Whole Eggs with Citric Acid because the product contains milk, a known allergen, which is not listed on the product’s label, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service.
Michael Foods, which produces food products for restaurants, hotels, hospitals and other institutions, produced the 3-ounce boxes on June 11, 2024, and shipped them to restaurants and other institutions in Alabama, Idaho, Louisiana, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, South Carolina and Utah, the FSIS said.
The food company discovered the problem when it found that several Whole Egg with Citric Acid cartons were missing and a correspondingly large excess of Breakfast Blend Scrambled Egg cartons were in the company’s inventory. The company notified FSIS when it discovered that a short production run of Breakfast Blend Scrambled Egg, which lists milk as an ingredient, used the unlisted Whole Egg with Citric Acid cartons.
Milk is one of the allergens that the Food and Drug Administration requires to be listed on product labels.
According to the FSIS, there have been no confirmed reports of adverse reactions from consuming these products to date.
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32-ounce cartons of Fair Meadow Foundations Whole Eggs with Citric Acid with a best by date of September 16, 2024 have been recalled because they contain milk, an allergen that is not listed on the carton. The cartons have the lot code 4162G and the establishment number “EST. G1455” in the USDA inspection mark.
The Food Safety and Inspection Service is concerned that there are products in the refrigerators of restaurants and other establishments that should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase and not served, the agency said.
No cases of illness have been reported, but if you are concerned about an illness or injury, you should contact a health care provider, the agency said.
Anyone with questions about the recall can contact Kristina Larsen, director of customer service at Michael Foods Inc. at 952-258-4903 or [email protected], the FSIS said.
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